John Dowd Quotations

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McCain told me this was worse than being in the Hanoi Hilton.

I don't think it is a good choice. I have absolutely no confidence in this or in Sen. Mitchell.

We're one of the fortunate towns that are growing, and that's providing (additional) operating funds ....

We just doubled the (sewer) plant size in 2000 and we need to double it again. (That is) going to provide some financial challenges here in the next 2-3 years. The magnitude of that project is more than what we anticipated.

We don't really know how much it will be. We're exploring our financial options in the next several months.

They must be treated lawfully under the refugee convention.

You can't leave such serious allegations on the public record without having them addressed. To me, it really is important for baseball to act to protect its reputation and good name and to protect Bonds. I don't know what the facts are here, what the truth is. If I were Bonds, I would want it done, and if I were the commissioner, I would want it done. Otherwise, people will lose confidence in the game, and the world will never leave Bonds alone.

It's not a real exciting budget. It's fairly routine business this year. As much as possible, we tried to limit department requests to current budget levels. There was some give and take on that because of salary changes.

If you do nothing, you leave a cloud on the game. What needs to be done is a fair, honest, thorough investigation of the facts. Then you go from there.

I just don't have a lot of confidence in Senator Mitchell. I think he's burdened by having an interest in the game. This matter is so serious that it requires complete independence.